Saturday 30 April 2011
... in which I feel short on wisdom
Post 113... also a special number for me.
Anywho, I bring you this blog from my sofa, where I am being used as a pillow by the gorgeous Sierra. He's like a tiny purring hot water bottle. I am so in love.
Yesterday, for the first time in two weeks I had my first social outing, which took place at John's mums house and involved wedding-watching, crisps, Haribo, banter and a massive lamb roast dinner. Soooo good!
The Royal Wedding was lovely, Kate looked stunning and obviously the fly past was awesome. Jolly good show.
I'll blog again when I can leave my house and actually have some adventures :)
OH! One last thing; if you are a Potter fan and haven't yet seen the new DH pt II trailer then WATCH IT! It will blow your socks off.
Anywho, I bring you this blog from my sofa, where I am being used as a pillow by the gorgeous Sierra. He's like a tiny purring hot water bottle. I am so in love.
Yesterday, for the first time in two weeks I had my first social outing, which took place at John's mums house and involved wedding-watching, crisps, Haribo, banter and a massive lamb roast dinner. Soooo good!
The Royal Wedding was lovely, Kate looked stunning and obviously the fly past was awesome. Jolly good show.
I'll blog again when I can leave my house and actually have some adventures :)
OH! One last thing; if you are a Potter fan and haven't yet seen the new DH pt II trailer then WATCH IT! It will blow your socks off.
Wednesday 27 April 2011
... in which I may reveal too much
For once, there's actually been a genuine reason for not blogging enough. I've been in hospital :(
This might be a bit TMI, but I figure there's no point sugar-coating things on my blog. Basically, I grew an abscess on my coccyx (tailbone). I did the same thing two years ago, it was excruciating, it popped, I got it packed and took antibiotics.
For some reason, this time round it was doubly painful. After a week of it being sore I managed to get antibiotics for it on Tuesday, but by the weekend it had worsened so John took me to A&E on Saturday to get it drained.
After hours and hours they took my blood (much to my horror) and had a look at it. Because I'm such a wuss and panicked about the blood test they also had to do an ECG. I got hooked up to a drip and plonked into a bed, and they decided I needed surgery on it.... tomorrow.
So John and I went home and were back at 8.30 the next day (Easter Sunday). The wait again was ridiculous, especially since I hadn't been able to eat or drink since the previous night. They hooked me up to a drip at about 4pm because I was dehydrated and miserable. Another few hours and they whisked me off for my first ever operation.
The general anesthetic was weeeird. I don't remember going to sleep but waking up was horrible. I was crying for a completely unknown reason and I felt sick. The panic of feeling sick and then the anti-emetic they injected me with sent my heart rate crazy so I had to stay in recovery for ages until I calmed down.
I was then sent back to my bed where I was offered tea and toast, which almost set me off crying again because there was nothing I wanted more at that moment than tea and toast.
John was then ushered home by the nurses and I was left to fend for myself. To be fair, every single person who dealt with me was lovely, it's just that as a first class wimp, I was still in shock from having surgery, and not keen on being left alone in a hospital. So I drank my tea and watched Meet the Parents to chill myself out :)
I had to have my blood pressure taken every half hour for a while, and then at 2am, 4am and 6am so I didn't get a lot of sleep. John came back to see me at 2pm and after a couple more hours I got sent home.
I now have to have the "wound" (I hate that they call it that) packed with gauze every day, because there is essentially just a hole there where they took the infection out. This is a pain because I can't drive at the mo, John isn't insured on Baby and my parents are out of the country. Luckily my in-laws are fabulous and have shuttled me around ever since.
Today I decided I missed driving (poor Baby hadn't been driven for 2 weeks!!) so I hopped in the car to take the kitties to the vets. It hurt, so I'm gonna have to stop again for a few more days.
Aaaaand that'll be it. I've got Oscar asleep and purring on my foot but I'm getting pins and needles so I have to move.
TTFN
This might be a bit TMI, but I figure there's no point sugar-coating things on my blog. Basically, I grew an abscess on my coccyx (tailbone). I did the same thing two years ago, it was excruciating, it popped, I got it packed and took antibiotics.
For some reason, this time round it was doubly painful. After a week of it being sore I managed to get antibiotics for it on Tuesday, but by the weekend it had worsened so John took me to A&E on Saturday to get it drained.
After hours and hours they took my blood (much to my horror) and had a look at it. Because I'm such a wuss and panicked about the blood test they also had to do an ECG. I got hooked up to a drip and plonked into a bed, and they decided I needed surgery on it.... tomorrow.
So John and I went home and were back at 8.30 the next day (Easter Sunday). The wait again was ridiculous, especially since I hadn't been able to eat or drink since the previous night. They hooked me up to a drip at about 4pm because I was dehydrated and miserable. Another few hours and they whisked me off for my first ever operation.
The general anesthetic was weeeird. I don't remember going to sleep but waking up was horrible. I was crying for a completely unknown reason and I felt sick. The panic of feeling sick and then the anti-emetic they injected me with sent my heart rate crazy so I had to stay in recovery for ages until I calmed down.
I was then sent back to my bed where I was offered tea and toast, which almost set me off crying again because there was nothing I wanted more at that moment than tea and toast.
John was then ushered home by the nurses and I was left to fend for myself. To be fair, every single person who dealt with me was lovely, it's just that as a first class wimp, I was still in shock from having surgery, and not keen on being left alone in a hospital. So I drank my tea and watched Meet the Parents to chill myself out :)
I had to have my blood pressure taken every half hour for a while, and then at 2am, 4am and 6am so I didn't get a lot of sleep. John came back to see me at 2pm and after a couple more hours I got sent home.
I now have to have the "wound" (I hate that they call it that) packed with gauze every day, because there is essentially just a hole there where they took the infection out. This is a pain because I can't drive at the mo, John isn't insured on Baby and my parents are out of the country. Luckily my in-laws are fabulous and have shuttled me around ever since.
Today I decided I missed driving (poor Baby hadn't been driven for 2 weeks!!) so I hopped in the car to take the kitties to the vets. It hurt, so I'm gonna have to stop again for a few more days.
Aaaaand that'll be it. I've got Oscar asleep and purring on my foot but I'm getting pins and needles so I have to move.
TTFN
Saturday 16 April 2011
... in which I make a monumental post
And my monumental, I'm referring to numbers, not content :) this is my 111th post. And my birthday is 11/1.
So yesterday John and I went to his cousin's wedding. It was all the way in Colchester, but luckily we'd managed to scrounge a lift from John's parents. The plan was to set our alarms for 7 and get picked up at half 9.
However, at 6.45 we got a phone call from John's mum saying our route had been blocked by an accident and time of departure would now be 8. Bugger. But it all worked out alright, after a frantic hour of getting ready and a couple of hours in the car, we were in Colchester, enjoying a lovely wedding :)
Food was great, atmosphere was great, John's family are awesome, the wedding was well organised and quirky, and our table won the wedding day quiz, woo hoo!
And when I say quirky, I mean our wedding meal was a choice of fish and chips or sausage and chips, and pudding was the arrival of an ice cream van. Can't say I'd ever seen that before! It was just a really lovely day.
Today we're taking it easy which involves endless cups of tea, stopping kittens destroying curtains and me playing Theme Hospital!
Happy weekend everybody!
So yesterday John and I went to his cousin's wedding. It was all the way in Colchester, but luckily we'd managed to scrounge a lift from John's parents. The plan was to set our alarms for 7 and get picked up at half 9.
However, at 6.45 we got a phone call from John's mum saying our route had been blocked by an accident and time of departure would now be 8. Bugger. But it all worked out alright, after a frantic hour of getting ready and a couple of hours in the car, we were in Colchester, enjoying a lovely wedding :)
Food was great, atmosphere was great, John's family are awesome, the wedding was well organised and quirky, and our table won the wedding day quiz, woo hoo!
And when I say quirky, I mean our wedding meal was a choice of fish and chips or sausage and chips, and pudding was the arrival of an ice cream van. Can't say I'd ever seen that before! It was just a really lovely day.
Today we're taking it easy which involves endless cups of tea, stopping kittens destroying curtains and me playing Theme Hospital!
Happy weekend everybody!
Tuesday 12 April 2011
... in which I *squeeee*
So Isleworth.... pffft!
Google told us it was 28 minutes away. My stupid stupid satnav took us the silliest way possible and got us caught in horrible traffic, and the journey ended up taking an hour and 45 minutes.
Worth it though :)
We picked out two gorgeous babies (boy and girl) and then thankfully had only a half hour drive back home, during which they fell asleep (and the satnav was shoved under a seat in total disgrace).
This is Oscar....
And Sierra
They are so adorable, but so much hard work, haha! Luckily they sleep a lot so my shoes do get a little break from being nibbled and throw around :)
In other news, Chelsea need to pulverise United tonight. Going to a family gathering to watch the match, which will be fun. More so if we win!
Google told us it was 28 minutes away. My stupid stupid satnav took us the silliest way possible and got us caught in horrible traffic, and the journey ended up taking an hour and 45 minutes.
Worth it though :)
We picked out two gorgeous babies (boy and girl) and then thankfully had only a half hour drive back home, during which they fell asleep (and the satnav was shoved under a seat in total disgrace).
This is Oscar....
And Sierra
They are so adorable, but so much hard work, haha! Luckily they sleep a lot so my shoes do get a little break from being nibbled and throw around :)
In other news, Chelsea need to pulverise United tonight. Going to a family gathering to watch the match, which will be fun. More so if we win!
Sunday 10 April 2011
... in which I am excited
Oh gosh, the 30 day song challenge turned into an epic fail on my part. I might start it up again in the next few days and make a valiant attempt at actually finishing it!
Easter Holidays are here :) Friday was the sot of working day that I love. Everyone was buzzing and in a great mood, the kids were fantastic, the sun was out and team spirit was in abundance.
And now 2 glorious weeks off!
Today, John and I are taking a trip to Isleworth and hoping to return with two kitties. Very exciting! Watch this space for overly-cute pictures :)
Easter Holidays are here :) Friday was the sot of working day that I love. Everyone was buzzing and in a great mood, the kids were fantastic, the sun was out and team spirit was in abundance.
And now 2 glorious weeks off!
Today, John and I are taking a trip to Isleworth and hoping to return with two kitties. Very exciting! Watch this space for overly-cute pictures :)
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